The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-07

| think both have great future am getting
| along very pleasantly here. I have a good
| church. with good people. don't know why
| should care to change it. / don't really believe
| Mr.. Beecher himself, if he should come TO earth
! again, would fiud his work just now az success
| full it used TO be. To take Beechers pulpit
would be like taking Theodore Parker's pulpit
NO ordinary man-no man. perhaps-would be
| equal to it,"
| Mr.. Reed is looking splendidly after his East
| ern trip-athletic portly, with splendid
nealthy color, and expression on his face
| IL ne owned the earth and part of New Jer-
How did you enjoy your trip9" asked the
| porter.
Very much. found New England looking
as IL USED TO look and felt at home-as If it vas
my country and owned of it. The old
country grave-yards bring up memories of the
honest, inoffensive old citizens who sleep in
them l visited old Salem again, which is q
wonderful town with its quaint old gable houses,
its East India museum and its Witch
I'll Hill ~, You ,s can see the old warrants
Then there is Magnolia, where I went. near
the reef Of Normars Woe. celebrated in Long
fellows Wreck of the Hesperus.' All along the
Eastern coast and Cape Ann beautiful
places. made famous in poems by Longfellow
and Whittier. 1 went to Gloucester and visited
the fishermens quarters. 1 went to Boston and
ting. The waiter seemed to know just what I
wanted. don't suppose ate piece of meat an
inch long all the while was in Massachusetts I
lived bluefish and other fish, and I must say
had a good living
Ibid you visit Lo~ Lawrence, lynn, and
the manufacturing tow
Eyes. / found the Lowell factory girl the
Yankee girl who wrote essays, stories and poetry
and edited factory girls paper had vanished.
There a few Yankee girls in the factories,
but not many. Frene' ,adans and other for
eigners have supplied place. This French
Canadian element st thing in
New England. The f nch- Canadians seem to be-
filling up the factory towns. They not very
American in their character. They live in a
town for years and never become citizens"
How did the factories strike your
Rather pleasantly. They seem TO be getting
along well. There not many strikes this
year there We all felt great deal Of interest
in the convention when Henry George down ed
the Socialists and Ana chi sts.'
Haskell is going to leave townW
Yes l understand so. | am glad of it.
There is good deal of confidence in Henry
George and Powderly in the East Henry
George is great man. strong reasoner.
We can let his land theories go, perhaps. But
he is man who can give reason for every
thing The workingmen have q good deal Of
confidence in him."
what about DIR. McGlynn2"
"Dr McGlynn is thought great deal of, but
he isn't as great man George. He is very
rhetorical but not great reasoner, There is
impression that McGlynn has been talked
about too much. The newspapers have said too
much about him. l find a very healthy spirit
among workngmen through the country. The
Anarchist and extremist elements are being
pudiated. Powderly and George both deserve a
good deal of credit l find another thing East
1t is what might be called American feeling.
1t Is not n hnow-nothlng feeling. 1t Is a feeling
against the Importation of Anarchists revolu.
tionsts, lunatics and paupers into this country,
in favor of American common schools and the
American system of government find great
many Germans who believe in this American
Did you examine the proftsharing move
mentW
"A little at WiImantic, Conn. It works
we'll. It is not wholly cooperative. The men
get regular wages and there is an understanding
as to what share of the profits the proprietor
shall take, and the men employed are also given
a share. Then if there is an unusually good
year the employees get somewhat larger share.
l found Connecticut very interesting State.
The old settlers used to abhor tobacco. Their
sons and grandsons raising tobacco,
selling it, smoking il and chewing IT. Con-
necticut is a network of factories. Then I
visited the South. 1 had good time at Lit
tie Rock. Ark The First Presbyterian minis
ter there said to You were soldier,
weren't your Yes I said. He then
said he was one of Morgans men and had
served his time at Camp Douglas. He wanted
me to preach for him. which did. met Sena-
tor Voorhees, there and I had a congregation
made up largely OF confederate brigaders,
majors and colonies. l had a good time and
they seemed to like my preaching guess this
instance of Southern soldier VINO is a preacher
inviting Northern soldier preacher to occupy
his pulpit is about the only thing of the kind
that has occurred lately"
Il found" said Mr.. Reed, s'a very good feel
ng in the South. Some of tho plantations are
run on a cooperative system. found the pro-
orietors all right and the colored people happy
md contented. No doing any kicking
The State looks 80 or 100 per cent. better than
t did before the Everyone seems to be
satisfied with the condition of things"